TCP Friendly Rate Control : Protocol Specification
RFC 3448, “TCP Friendly Rate Control : Protocol Specification”, is a Proposed Standard document published in January 2003 by M. Handley, S. Floyd, J. Padhye, J. Widmer. It has been obsoleted by RFC 5348 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document specifies TCP-Friendly Rate Control (TFRC). TFRC is a congestion control mechanism for unicast flows operating in a best- effort Internet environment. It is reasonably fair when competing for bandwidth with TCP flows, but has a much lower variation of throughput over time compared with TCP, making it more suitable for applications such as telephony or streaming media where a relatively smooth sending rate is of importance. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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